<p><b>In re Junior N</b>.</p> <br /> <h4>Filed 3/17/06 In re Junior N. CA2/3</h4> <br /> <p align="center"><b>NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS</b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"><b> </b></p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center">DIVISION THREE</p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p> <br /> <p align="center"> </p><br /> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"> <br /> <p>In re JUNIOR N. et al., Persons Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law.</p><br /> </td><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"> <br /> <p> B183533</p> <br /> <p> (Los Angeles County</p> <br /> <p> Super. Ct. No. CK44353)</p><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"> <br /> <p>LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES,</p> <br /> <p> Plaintiff and Respondent.</p> <br /> <p> v.</p> <br /> <p>Z.G. et al.,</p> <br /> <p> Defendants and Appellants.</p><br /> </td><br /> <td width="319" valign="top"><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table> <br /> <p> APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of <a href="http://www.mcmillanlaw.us/">Los Angeles County</a>, Marilyn K. Martinez, Commissioner. Affirmed.</p> <br /> <p> Ernesto Paz Rey, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Giovanni O.</p> <br /> <p> Karen B. Stalter, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Z.G.</p> <br /> <p> Judy Weissberg-Ortiz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Esteban N.</p> <br /> <p> Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Larry Cory, Assistant County Counsel, and Jerry M. Custis, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.</p> <br /> <p align="center">____________________________________</p> <br /> <p align="center"><b>INTRODUCTION</b></p> <br /> <p> Z.G. (mother), Esteban N. (father), and Giovanni O. (an older sibling), (collectively appellants), appeal from an order <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">terminating parental rights as to the children,</a> Junior N. and Jesus N.G. Appellants assert that the juvenile court should have applied the Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26, subdivision (c)(1)(E),<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">^[1]</a> exception to the termination of parental rights (â€